Friday at Safari Steakhouse
Safari Steakhouse, 9430 Annapolis Road Lanham MD 20706

Archie Paige was there.

Donnell sang along with a Jaheim song, "Have you ever been in love" during warm ups. He specifically had DJ Flava (aka GoGo Rudy) play it.

Kim and Lolo (new haircut) were there.

Familiar Faces
First Set
James was on backup vocals for the night.
1) Anthony Hamilton's Comin' from Where I'm From - instrumental, Donnell played on the dance floor
2) Mike-led I Dreamed You - Donnell played on the dance floor, later Mike sang on the dance floor
Mike Smith was there.
3) Mike-led Glenn Lewis' Don't You Forget It - Mike said, "Whoever is in control of the fire, you ever go over to someone else's house and the fire's going and it's hotter than hell?", Donnell said, "Leave the fire on, it's sexy", Lolo sat by the fire, next to where I stood
4) Mike-led Raheem DeVaughn's Ask Yourself - Mike sang on the dance floor
5) Halima-led The Brand New Heavies' Never Stop - Mike was being a ham with his movements
Tim (LJ) and Diva were there.
Mike said, "She said, 'Hey'". Donnell said, "That's my Verizon homie, Maisha (spelling?)."
6) Halima-led Sade's Pearls - Halima took her mic stand on the floor
Sanisse, Quita (celebrating her birthday) and her sister (both of whom I met at the Fur), and Shaun were there.

Diva introduced me to YoungONE

Nicole, the bartender from Tradewinds, and Shauny, the bartender from Safari, were there.

Supa Dan asked me where my paper was at and laughed when he saw me writing.

The fireplace by the dance floor was out.

Second Set
1) Halima-led Alicia Keys' Unbreakable
L-Boogie was there.
Donnell asked them to dim the lights and they did.
2) Percussion solo - Donnell did announcements
3) Mike-led Toto's Georgy Porgy - intro / Bobby Valentino's Slow Down - they turned on some more lights
Yolanda was there.
4) Donnell-led "___ Is in the house"
5) Donnell-led "Hey ay, Ho oh" - the crowd responded
6) Donnell-led "Do it for the ladies/fellas, Oh my God!" - the crowd responded
7) Halima-led Faith Evans' Mesmerized
8) Alternating Mike-led Prince's Take Me With You - Halima conducted the ladies / Prince's Sexy M.F. (tease)
9) Donnell-led Hold the Note - the strobe lights came on, the crowd said, "Wind me up, Smoke", Donnell said, "Saw what? What you going to do?"
Donnell said, "We got some old school in here"
10) Alternating Donnell-led Tom Tom Club's Genius of Love - Donnell did the keyboard effects vocally / Rare Essence's Spotlight - a spotlight came on and Packy used a flashlight as a spotlight
11) Mike-led Lisa Stansfield's All Around the World (tease) - the crowd sang along
12) Donnell-led Vinnie D's $55 Motel - Donnell was doing the fully lyrics and the crowd was singing along, but he cut it off after he said, "You don't know what? I thought you was the real old school up in here" and abruptly went to -->
13) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Roll Call
14) Mike-led Rare Essence's One on One (Footz version) - the crowd sang along
Tiffany was there.
15) Mike & Donnell-led Rare Essence's Lock It
16) Donnell-led Rare Essence's Marinda - it went dark again
17) Halima-led Fantasia's Free Yourself / Alternating Floetry's Say Yes / Lionel Richie's Hello (tease)
6'9 was there.

Charlie was there.

Third Set
1) James-led R. Kelly's Slow Wind
Cookie was there.
2) Mike-led Bobby Valentino's Tell Me - Donnell said, "Eya eya" and the crowd responded, "Ho"
Peg Leg and Los were there.
3) Donnell & Halima-led Lil Kim's Lighters Up
4) Donnell-led "Unh, unh unh" - a guy tried to get me to dance with a particular girl, but she was doing her own thing
Blak was there.
5) Alternating Donnell-led Trina Was Great - Donnell said lines from Brown & White / 50 Cent's In Da Club (tease) - same music as "Unh, unh unh"
6) Alternating Donnell-led Trillville's Some Cut - Donnell asked Tony to remove someone, he said, "I don't care who you are, we don't do that sh*t in here." / Notorious BIG's Warning - the guy who had prodded me to dance asked me if I was writing an article, I told him about my website, but he said he wouldn't be able to remember the URL / Keith Murray's Call My Name (tease) - Security put out the guy that Donnell had requested, Donnell said, "That's why you should have put him out the first time instead of letting him cop a plea." / "Wait a minute" echoes - Nicole said hello to me, she asked, "Do you know who I am?", I said, "Yes.", smooth transition to (starts with Dwayne playing guitar riffs from Kool & the Gang's Funky Stuff) -->
7) Donnell-led It Is What It Is - Donnell did a shout out to Chi Ali from After Hours in the audience, Donnell said, "We will be together on New Year's Eve"
Blak said hello. I told him that Coke is releasing a new soda with his name, Coca-Cola Blak. It has coffee in it.
8) Halima-led Mariah Carey's It's Like That
9) D4L's Laffy Taffy - Godfather played a little bit before Donnell cut him off.
Donnell said, "Lolo, you know I'm just cheating (with Kim), but you're my main girl."
Some guy shook hands with Donnell. Donnell said, "Bring me a moist towelette. He might have the Eazy-E, the Arthur Ashe... You can't get that from a handshake?"
10) Donnell acapella Tavares' Remember What I Told You to Forget - he cut it off with "F*ck it, I forget (the rest)."
Donnell said, "We're going to start putting people out on an argument, on a bad look. We're going to put their pictures up like at Eastside."
"Original" Nikki was there.
A girl asked me what I was writing; her friend pulled her back by her belt. I followed them and talked with her.